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This is the local Vancouver not-back-to-school picnic.
Everyone welcome, this is a great time to meet vancouverites and see if
homelearning is for you!
We meet under one of the willow trees in the big grassy area right off 4th Ave.
When:
Thursday September 10th 2009
10:30 am to Whenever
Where:
Jericho Beach Park
West 4th Avenue (@ Wallace Street)
Buses stop just by the park.
Location:
meet at the covered picnic area near the children’s playground – LOOK FOR THE hs-ca QUILT
When
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
11-ish a.m. The first day of school, which is September 8 this year.
Bring:
- food for your family
- sun screen
- rain gear
- well labelled park toys
- musical instruments
- enthusiasm
- willingness to meet new homeschoolers
- anything else you can think of
Directions:
Queen’s park is located near the Arenex Complex in New West and is easy to find from Vancouver, Surrey/Langley and most places in the Lower Mainland. If coming from Surrey, take the Patullo Bridge and just go straight (McBride). You will see the park on your left. From Vancouver, take Canada Way to 10th Avenue in New West, turn left at the highschool and follow 10th around to McBride. The park will be on your right.
This is a very casual event. People start gathering around 11 and stay until they feel like going home. It can be very reassuring, especially for first-time homelearners, to have something special to do when all the neighbourhood kids troop back to school. If you are a new homeschooler, come out and meet some experienced folks. If you have been at this for awhile, come and share your experience with a newbie. Last year we made masking tape name tags and indicated a new homeschooler with a colour-coded N so that the rest of us would make a point of welcoming the new folks.
For information contact Melissa at infomomster@gmail.com
We are going to Beauty and the Beast Jr. presented by X-treme Theatre (all homelearners). We will choose a day to go, then buy our tickets individually and arrange car pooling.
Possible Dates for our group: Thursday April 30 at 7:30pm OR Friday May 1 at 12:30pm
Please leave comments if you have a date preference.
Where: The Act, Maple Ridge theactmapleridge.org (604) 476-2787 http://theactmapleridge.org/
When: Wed, Apr 29 – Sat, May 2 – 7:30 pm Fri, May 1 – 12:30 school matinee Sat, May 2 – 2pm
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW – call the Act or buy tickets online Tickets – $9 School matinee – $7
We have a tentative booking for a tour of City Hall on Monday March 16th at 10:00am. We need at least 8 children to attend. If you’d like to come please leave a comment on this posting!
Council is voting to day on whether or not to allow residents to keep chickens in the city of Vancouver – a video of the discussion and vote will be available this Wednesday.
If you’d like to join us please leave a comment below.
North Shore Home Learners presents
The Winter Wonderland Show and Party!
Featuring….
The Burrardview Homelearners production of
Romeo and Juliet
Musical Theatre performances, games, music and more!
Date: Sunday December 14th 2008
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Where: St. Andrews United Church
North Vancouver
Tickets
$3 per adult
$1 per child
For tickets please contact Tamara
The cost of the tickets is covering the rental of the space.
We are asking that each family bring an appetizers, desserts or drink.
(preferably sparkling juice; no pop please)
Not Back to School Picnics
Every September on the first Thursday after school starts we have our annual Not Back to School Picnic at Jericho Beach under the big weeping willow trees. The Big NBTS Picnic is held annually at Queens Park on the first day of school.
The Harry Potter Family Ball
Most years we manage to arrange a field trip to a pumpkin patch. These are some pictures from last years trip to the Apple Barn. There are also some pictures from our trip to UBC Farm
